At the end of October, the office of President Val Smith released their current draft of Swarthmore’s next strategic plan entitled “Sustainable Swarthmore”. This plan outlines four broad goals for the college’s future: “build a rigorous and transformative liberal arts education for
Professor James Padilioni is a visiting assistant professor in the religion and environmental studies departments. His interests lie in African Diasporic ritual, healing justice, and herbalism — topics that explore the overlap of religion and environmental studies. Professor Padilioni has taught classes
Students in a peace and conflict studies course, Human Rights, Law, and Advocacy, organized a teach-in about institutionalized fatphobia on Wednesday, April 5th. The teach-in was organized by Jiwoo Choi ’25, Julie Tan ’26, Leo Douhovnikoff ’25, and Mehreen Shahid ’25. According
A proposed Philadelphia 76ers arena one block from the city’s Chinatown is sparking outrage from community organizers. The Save Chinatown coalition has been active since plans for the arena were announced in July 2022, but efforts to preserve the cultural and social
The political science department welcomed Dr. Desmond Jagmohan, a leading scholar of African-American political thought and assistant professor of political science at the University of California Berkeley, to give a lecture titled “Frederick Douglass on the Nature of Resistance” on Wednesday, March
Recent protest movements have highlighted the ongoing racial and environmental destruction caused by our industrialized society. The actions of supposedly Democratic governments are disgraceful and a painful reminder of our broken capitalist system. A system that has caused, and continues to cause,
On Monday, Feb. 28, we, members of Student for Justice in Palestine (SJP), along with the campus community, held a rally to deliver the signatures on our petition to stop the sale of Sabra products at Swarthmore College due to Sabra’s parent
Instead of attending class with the rest of Swarthmore students from October 31 to November 12, five students, Daniel Balauro ’23, Alicia Contrera ’22, Olivia Stoetzer ’23, Kyra Hall ’22, and Tyler White ’22, along with professor Ayse Kaya, Sustainability Program Manager
The opinions expressed in this article are solely the author’s and do not reflect the views of The Phoenix Editorial Board. Introduction “This is the spring of our discontent,” wrote Swarthmore College President Rebecca Chopp in a schoolwide email to staff and
On Feb. 19 and 20, Marcio Pimenta, an internationally-recognized freelance photographer and journalist, held a student talk and public lecture discussing entry into the journalism profession and the activism aspect of the industry. Pimenta’s two events were sponsored by the Lang Center
